John Smith wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
AI4QJ wrote:
That is his "obvious" explanation. He should remove that from his
webpage as it is rather embarassing.

W8JI made a gross error in his measurement and
then tried to rationalize the impossible result.

Well h*ll, I like him better already--then he is human, huh? ;-)
Save us from keepin' on tryn' to walk on water. chuckle

99+% of W8JI's stuff is accurate and that's great. I'm
talking about the small portion he presents as fact that
is technically impossible. The theory of current jumping
from one end of a 75m bugcatcher loading coil to the other
is a rationalization based on a conceptual error during a
measurement. W8JI obviously doesn't understand the nature
of standing-wave current on a standing-wave antenna.

The trouble is that a guru cannot afford to admit a mistake
even though he is human.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com